Thurrock council election, 2026

07/05/2026 · 20 wards · 50 seats contested

Most seats
45
Reform UK
Seats contested
50
across 20 wards
Turnout
—
average of reporting wards

Summary

Party Seats +/− Votes Share +/−
Reform UK 45 +45 55,059 51.2% —
Labour Party 3 -9 24,661 22.9% -29.2
Conservative and Unionist Party 2 +1 15,055 14.0% -15.3
Green Party 0 +0 8,909 8.3% +5.4
Independent 0 -4 3,473 3.2% -12.5
Liberal Democrats 0 +0 375 0.3% —

Changes are against the previous council election on 02/05/2024. Vote share is each party's share of all votes cast across the borough.

Candidates

Party Candidates Of a possible 50
Labour Party 50
Conservative and Unionist Party 49
Reform UK 49
Green Party 24
Independent 6
Liberal Democrats 2

A party standing a full slate could field 50 candidates, one per seat.

Results by ward

Share is each candidate's share of ballots cast in the ward. Change compares each party's lead candidate with the ward's previous contest. Bold rows are elected candidates.

Aveley 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Chris Irvine Elected 1,189 53.3% —
Reform UK George Monk Elected 1,154 51.7% —
Reform UK Aiden Prince Elected 1,110 49.8% —
Labour Party Cathy Sisterson 737 33.0% —
Labour Party Srikanth Panjala 634 28.4% —
Labour Party Amin Hoque 588 26.4% —
Green Party Ollie Beck 359 16.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Colin Leslie Adams 318 14.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Maureen Carol Pearce 315 14.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Anthony John Coyle 288 12.9% —
Majority373
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,231

Belhus 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Linda Benson Elected 1,338 59.8% —
Reform UK Tom Kelly Elected 1,287 57.5% —
Reform UK Bogdan Enache Elected 1,190 53.1% —
Labour Party Benjamin Agyemang 565 25.2% —
Labour Party Fahima Danishmal 495 22.1% —
Labour Party Lalitha Panjala 437 19.5% —
Independent Sophie Corcoran 396 17.7% —
Green Party Geraldine Jane Roche 390 17.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rosalyn Joyce Jenkins 269 12.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Oluwatoyin Imole-Sontan 197 8.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Shamim Miah 153 6.8% —
Majority625
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,239

Chadwell St Mary 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Jack Thomas Wilfred Fuller Elected 1,358 58.9% —
Reform UK Matt Lake Elected 1,348 58.4% —
Reform UK James William MacKintosh Elected 1,298 56.3% —
Labour Party Daniel Chukwu 622 27.0% —
Labour Party Jo Potter 588 25.5% —
Labour Party Ngozi Christa Alike 579 25.1% —
Green Party Yogesh Jagdish Taylor 337 14.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Melissa Perry 282 12.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Abbie Akinbohun 258 11.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Elizabeth Onibokun 250 10.8% —
Majority676
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,307

Chafford Hundred East 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Peggy Davies Elected 739 39.7% —
Reform UK Stephen Davies Elected 726 39.0% —
Labour Party Vikki Hartstean 631 33.9% —
Labour Party Julie Eke-Lawrence 538 28.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Adam Carter 410 22.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Peter David Eates 359 19.3% —
Green Party Jessica Bartlett-Hyde 318 17.1% —
Majority95
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,860

Chafford Hundred West 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Sue Shinnick Elected 536 46.0% —
Labour Party Susan Shinnick Elected 536 46.0% —
Reform UK Oscar Ellis Elected 516 44.3% —
Reform UK Jason Mitchell 480 41.2% —
Labour Party Gary Watson 426 36.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Tunde Ojetola 377 32.4% —
Green Party Caitlin Fallows 344 29.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Wilmer Luna 279 23.9% —
Majority36
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,165

Corringham & Fobbing 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Holly Eleanor Bennett Elected 2,226 69.2% —
Reform UK Ian Croom Elected 2,174 67.6% —
Reform UK Sara Lisa Poyntz Elected 2,036 63.3% —
Labour Party John Cecil 624 19.4% —
Labour Party Anita Nuss 526 16.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Shane Ralph 517 16.1% —
Labour Party Kamlesh Rani Kumar 442 13.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sam Flatt 418 13.0% —
Green Party Gbenga Olajugbagbe 374 11.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Jimmy Thandi 307 9.5% —
Majority1,412
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,215

East Tilbury, Linford & West Tilbury 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Michelle Louise Burton Elected 1,073 63.0% —
Reform UK Kevin Eric Lawrence Elected 973 57.2% —
Green Party Sandra Anne Elliott 297 17.5% —
Labour Party Adam Breese 293 17.2% —
Labour Party Alastair Michael Craft 273 16.0% —
Liberal Democrats Jon Bowler 192 11.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lesley Maney 179 10.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alan Reilly 123 7.2% —
Majority676
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,702

Grays Riverside 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Darren Dennis Elected 716 36.4% —
Reform UK Joe Soper Elected 657 33.4% —
Reform UK Catalin-Daniel Farcas Elected 650 33.0% —
Green Party Chloe Anderson 633 32.2% —
Labour Party Funmi Ademilua 569 28.9% —
Green Party Kimberley Zoe Dennis 562 28.6% —
Labour Party Tony Fish 520 26.4% —
Green Party Paul Ryan Parfitt 516 26.2% —
Labour Party Mark Wayne Hurrell 482 24.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Claudia Luna 238 12.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Rakhi Rashmi 186 9.5% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Adeleke Abidemi Taiwo 174 8.8% —
Majority17
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,968

Grays Town 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Milena Bingley Elected 1,004 40.6% —
Reform UK Michael Kevin Shakespeare Elected 998 40.3% —
Reform UK Marc Stanley Elected 970 39.2% —
Labour Party Lynda Hilary Heath 915 37.0% —
Labour Party Lynn Worrall 895 36.2% —
Labour Party Cici Manwa 770 31.1% —
Green Party Zoe Anne Duran 464 18.7% —
Green Party Howard James Simmons 400 16.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michael Okon Antai 317 12.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gurkiran Kaur Maan 277 11.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Harold Ogunfemi 232 9.4% —
Liberal Democrats Simon Lancaster 183 7.4% —
Majority55
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,475

Little Thurrock Blackshots 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Steven Pester Elected 1,242 52.4% —
Reform UK Robert Percy Willoughby Elected 1,205 50.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Lizzie Rigby 575 24.3% —
Labour Party Mike Fletcher 505 21.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joglur Rahman 499 21.0% —
Labour Party Abidemi Agidee-Adekunle 375 15.8% —
Green Party Laura Perrett 341 14.4% —
Majority630
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,371

Little Thurrock Rectory 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Marion Cherry Elected 1,016 53.1% —
Reform UK Eddie Stringer Elected 967 50.5% —
Labour Party Marcel Abaneke 444 23.2% —
Labour Party Sanjit Das 437 22.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Allen Mayes 304 15.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Morgan 273 14.3% —
Green Party Davina Ann Wager 266 13.9% —
Independent Jay Hayers 119 6.2% —
Majority523
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,913

Ockendon 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Alan Benson Elected 1,500 57.6% —
Reform UK Russ Cherry Elected 1,473 56.6% —
Reform UK Jay Daniel Varley Elected 1,324 50.9% —
Labour Party Jayden O'Brien 607 23.3% —
Labour Party Peter Singh 521 20.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Sue Johnson 506 19.4% —
Green Party Rory Hildick 468 18.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Leo Roderick Dredge 442 17.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Graham Snell 421 16.2% —
Labour Party Prince Samuel Tico Ogbomoh 410 15.8% —
Independent Kameel Mohammed 138 5.3% —
Majority717
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,603

Orsett, Horndon & Bulphan 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Bill Cook Elected 1,451 57.8% —
Reform UK Steve Taylor Elected 1,411 56.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party David Day 550 21.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Barry William Johnson 510 20.3% —
Independent Jack Speight 394 15.7% —
Labour Party Martin Christopher Kerin 244 9.7% —
Green Party Daniel David Fallows 234 9.3% —
Labour Party Carlos Diaz 231 9.2% —
Majority861
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,512

Purfleet-on-Thames 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Labour Party Aaron James Green Elected 515 40.6% —
Reform UK Michelle Louise Heal Elected 475 37.5% —
Reform UK Danny Reynolds 458 36.1% —
Labour Party Lee Watson 451 35.6% —
Green Party David John Beesley 290 22.9% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Angela Bolesworth 187 14.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Cornell Olive Heiser 158 12.5% —
Majority17
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,267

Stanford-le-Hope South 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Alex Anderson Elected 1,864 59.3% —
Reform UK Mark Turner Elected 1,658 52.8% —
Reform UK James Richard Poyntz Elected 1,593 50.7% —
Independent Neil Speight 1,283 40.8% —
Green Party Michelle Brownscombe-Adu 494 15.7% —
Labour Party Teresa O'Keeffe 482 15.3% —
Green Party Steven James Woolrich 466 14.8% —
Labour Party Phil Smith 434 13.8% —
Labour Party Suraj Lohia 384 12.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Mitchell Uncle 287 9.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Andrea Ekong 277 8.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Bunmi Ojetola 206 6.6% —
Majority310
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)3,143

Stifford 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Richard Bingley Elected 1,115 56.4% —
Reform UK Bill Mumford Elected 1,112 56.2% —
Labour Party Mark Anthony Hooper 576 29.1% —
Labour Party Sam Thomas 329 16.6% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Alex Howell 301 15.2% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Joy Redsell 283 14.3% —
Green Party Kevin Rankin 238 12.0% —
Majority536
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,977

The Homesteads & Stanford-le-Hope North 3 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Pam McCabe Elected 1,580 56.7% —
Reform UK Joanne Lisa Quirk Elected 1,566 56.2% —
Reform UK James Peter Scarsbrook Elected 1,438 51.6% —
Independent Gary James Byrne 1,143 41.0% —
Labour Party Gena Lynn White 457 16.4% —
Green Party Eric Alfred Bevan 449 16.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Gary Collins 404 14.5% —
Labour Party Mark Bland Kimpton 365 13.1% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Esther Ajilore 350 12.6% —
Labour Party Brian Whiten 325 11.7% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Hanna Uwakwe-Mangse 284 10.2% —
Majority295
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)2,787

Tilbury Riverside 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK David Hollenbach Elected 613 50.6% —
Reform UK Harley Pyman-Brickwood Elected 539 44.5% —
Labour Party Christina Dallyn 467 38.5% —
Labour Party Mina Begum Hoque 398 32.8% —
Green Party Emmanuel Andrews 235 19.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Michelle MacAdangdang 88 7.3% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Dennis Maney 85 7.0% —
Majority72
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,212

Tilbury St Chads 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Reform UK Shirley Bartlett Elected 703 55.7% —
Reform UK Bailey Terry Scott Elected 675 53.5% —
Labour Party Clare Baldwin 412 32.7% —
Labour Party Steve Liddiard 381 30.2% —
Green Party Alfie Jay Rees 177 14.0% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Ben Maney 93 7.4% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Devante Likando 81 6.4% —
Majority263
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,261

West Thurrock & South Stifford 2 seats

Party Candidate Votes Share +/−
Conservative and Unionist Party Qaisar Abbas Elected 669 44.8% —
Conservative and Unionist Party Elena Pelin Elected 499 33.4% —
Reform UK John Charles Pearson 445 29.8% —
Reform UK Vincent Ronald Hamish Bye 426 28.5% —
Labour Party Shalini Bhatt 372 24.9% —
Labour Party Ron Green 318 21.3% —
Green Party Chris Gilbody 257 17.2% —
Majority54
Turnout—
Registered electors—
Ballots cast (estimated)1,493

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